Conjugations
All six tenses and their examples are shown below. Use the links above to jump to a tense. English translations use the meaning “to massacre.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | massacre | I massacre | |
| tu | massacres | you massacre | |
| il / elle / on | massacre | he / she / it massacreson: we massacre / one massacres | |
| nous | massacrons | we massacre | |
| vous | massacrez | you massacre | |
| ils / elles | massacrent | they massacre |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Le tyran massacre ses opposants.
The tyrant massacres his opponents.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai massacré | I massacred | |
| tu | as massacré | you massacred | |
| il / elle / on | a massacré | he / she / it massacredon: we massacred / one massacred | |
| nous | avons massacré | we massacred | |
| vous | avez massacré | you massacred | |
| ils / elles | ont massacré | they massacred |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, le tyran a massacré ses opposants.
Yesterday, the tyrant massacred his opponents.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
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Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | massacrais | I used to massacre | |
| tu | massacrais | you used to massacre | |
| il / elle / on | massacrait | he / she / it used to massacreon: we used to massacre / one used to massacre | |
| nous | massacrions | we used to massacre | |
| vous | massacriez | you used to massacre | |
| ils / elles | massacraient | they used to massacre |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, le tyran massacrait ses opposants.
Back then, the tyrant used to massacre his opponents.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | massacrerai | I will massacre | |
| tu | massacreras | you will massacre | |
| il / elle / on | massacrera | he / she / it will massacreon: we will massacre / one will massacre | |
| nous | massacrerons | we will massacre | |
| vous | massacrerez | you will massacre | |
| ils / elles | massacreront | they will massacre |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, le tyran massacrera ses opposants.
Later, the tyrant will massacre his opponents.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | massacrerais | I would massacre | |
| tu | massacrerais | you would massacre | |
| il / elle / on | massacrerait | he / she / it would massacreon: we would massacre / one would massacre | |
| nous | massacrerions | we would massacre | |
| vous | massacreriez | you would massacre | |
| ils / elles | massacreraient | they would massacre |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Le tyran massacrerait ses opposants.
The tyrant would massacre his opponents.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | massacre | (that) I massacre | |
| tu | massacres | (that) you massacre | |
| il / elle / on | massacre | (that) he / she / it massacreson: (that) we massacre / one massacres | |
| nous | massacrions | (that) we massacre | |
| vous | massacriez | (that) you massacre | |
| ils / elles | massacrent | (that) they massacre |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que le tyran massacre ses opposants.
It is possible that the tyrant massacres his opponents.
French forms omit the subject. Use j’ before a vowel sound. Vous is polite singular or plural “you”; on often means “we,” or the general “one.” English wording depends on the context: passé composé can also use “have,” and the imperfect can describe an ongoing action. Subjunctive translations here follow “it is possible that.”
Meaning & usage
- to massacre (to kill)
- to botch (to do something badly)
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and simple conjugation forms adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Passé composé forms combine the source auxiliary and past participle. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations